What part of speech is guess?

Guess can be categorized as a noun and a verb.

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Parts of speech

  • 1. guess is a verb, present, 1st person singular of guess (infinitive).
  • 2. guess is a verb (infinitive).
  • 3. guess is a noun, singular of guesses.

Inflections

Verb

Noun

What does guess mean?

Definitions

Verb

guess - put forward, of a guess, in spite of possible refutation; "I am guessing that the price of real estate will rise again"; "I cannot pretend to say that you are wrong"
guess - guess correctly; solve by guessing; "He guessed the right number of beans in the jar and won the prize"
guess - judge tentatively or form an estimate of (quantities or time); "I estimate this chicken to weigh three pounds"
guess - expect, believe, or suppose; "I imagine she earned a lot of money with her new novel"; "I thought to find her in a bad state"; "he didn't think to find her in the kitchen"; "I guess she is angry at me for standing her up"

Noun

guess - a message expressing an opinion based on incomplete evidence
guess - an estimate based on little or no information

Examples of guess

#   Sentence  
1. verb I guess she is angry at me for standing her up.
2. verb I guess it's just the old new Arab 'Me against my brother, me and my brother against my cousin, me and my cousin against my enemy', or 'The enemy of my enemy is my friend' thing going on again.
3. verb Leaving aside the fact that this views conflicts with other historical examples in the region, Sunnis have never offered an alternative choice, which eventually leads one to guess that the opinion held by the Fallujan taxi driver above is precisely what they are planning to implement.
4. verb Since the article was specifically about "death metal" I guess the author missed this little tidbit or we just have waaaaaaaaaaaaay different definitions of morality:
5. verb I guess those guns will be located enroute to Venezuela or found in storage there by one of the US's local stooges and they then have a pretext to ramp the spin up a notch or two.
6. verb First, the nature of such an investigation is that we lack sufficient information to second-guess (or even know) what the FBI is doing.
7. verb Shucks, guess none of us three paid much attention to that.
8. verb I guess Mom is going to come back down sometime in March or April to see the new baby.
9. verb But, I guess, it's a start...
10. verb I think it's a good idea since the provisional application is on file - Travis is the internal lawyer who has taken care of the patent application so he will have better ideas for where the words should be placed and appropriate look and feel (I would guess near the copyright notice and roughly equivalent size).
11. verb James had heard that one hold up was the absence of a confidentiality agreement--I guess between ECS and Transwestern--that would permit ECS to communicate to us the details on how to access teh key info. from CDEC.
12. verb Sorry I guess I didn't read it very well.
13. verb I guess the questions on which I should like your steer are: (a) Do you have a particular sensitivity about the reference to bad faith proceedings made by United India?
14. verb I guess if you are someone not familiar with how NASA benefits our society I can see how one might form the opinion of yheggy-ga.
15. verb i also think the National Endowment for the Arts is a waste, but i guess i would rather see my money go to the NEA than NASA.
16. noun First of if i went alone on a regular cabin how much would you estimate it would be just a guess.
17. noun Also, Beardies often do not eat food that is not moving, so its anyone's guess whether or not he'll touch the freeze-dried crickets or the processed food.
18. noun Your guess is entirely off the mark.
19. noun Your guess is almost right.
20. noun There are many theories about the sudden extinction of the dinosaurs, but the real cause still remains anyone's guess.
21. noun What's your best guess?
22. noun Your guess is quite wrong.
23. noun Your guess is wrong.
24. noun My guess is that it will be fine tomorrow.
25. noun I'm afraid your guess is wide of the mark.
26. noun I'm afraid your guess is off the mark.
27. noun My first guess was wide off the mark.
28. noun My guess is that it will rain soon.
29. noun I said so only by guess.
30. noun My guess is that there will be a resignation of the cabinet.
Sentence  
verb
I guess she is angry at me for standing her up.
I guess it's just the old new Arab 'Me against my brother, me and my brother against my cousin, me and my cousin against my enemy', or 'The enemy of my enemy is my friend' thing going on again.
Leaving aside the fact that this views conflicts with other historical examples in the region, Sunnis have never offered an alternative choice, which eventually leads one to guess that the opinion held by the Fallujan taxi driver above is precisely what they are planning to implement.
Since the article was specifically about "death metal" I guess the author missed this little tidbit or we just have waaaaaaaaaaaaay different definitions of morality:
I guess those guns will be located enroute to Venezuela or found in storage there by one of the US's local stooges and they then have a pretext to ramp the spin up a notch or two.
First, the nature of such an investigation is that we lack sufficient information to second-guess (or even know) what the FBI is doing.
Shucks, guess none of us three paid much attention to that.
I guess Mom is going to come back down sometime in March or April to see the new baby.
But, I guess, it's a start...
I think it's a good idea since the provisional application is on file - Travis is the internal lawyer who has taken care of the patent application so he will have better ideas for where the words should be placed and appropriate look and feel (I would guess near the copyright notice and roughly equivalent size).
James had heard that one hold up was the absence of a confidentiality agreement--I guess between ECS and Transwestern--that would permit ECS to communicate to us the details on how to access teh key info. from CDEC.
Sorry I guess I didn't read it very well.
I guess the questions on which I should like your steer are: (a) Do you have a particular sensitivity about the reference to bad faith proceedings made by United India?
I guess if you are someone not familiar with how NASA benefits our society I can see how one might form the opinion of yheggy-ga.
i also think the National Endowment for the Arts is a waste, but i guess i would rather see my money go to the NEA than NASA.
noun
First of if i went alone on a regular cabin how much would you estimate it would be just a guess.
Also, Beardies often do not eat food that is not moving, so its anyone's guess whether or not he'll touch the freeze-dried crickets or the processed food.
Your guess is entirely off the mark.
Your guess is almost right.
There are many theories about the sudden extinction of the dinosaurs, but the real cause still remains anyone's guess.
What's your best guess?
Your guess is quite wrong.
Your guess is wrong.
My guess is that it will be fine tomorrow.
I'm afraid your guess is wide of the mark.
I'm afraid your guess is off the mark.
My first guess was wide off the mark.
My guess is that it will rain soon.
I said so only by guess.
My guess is that there will be a resignation of the cabinet.

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